Engaging with the underlying social context in which emotions are a motivational force, Law and the Passions provides a uniquely inclusive commentary on the significance and influence of emotions in the history and continuing development of legal judgment, policy formation, legal practice and legal dogma.
Julia J.A. Shaw is Professor of Law at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Her
interdisciplinary scholarship spans legal theory, law and the humanities, critical and
cultural legal studies, and human rights. Recent publications include ‘Law and the
Literary Imagination: the contribution of literature to modern legal scholarship’ in
The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Literature (2018); ‘From Beethoven to
Bowie: identity framing, social justice and the sound of law’ in International Journal
for the Semiotics of Law 31(2) 2018; Jurisprudence (3rd edition, Pearson 2018)
and Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Justice and the Global Food Supply Chain
(Routledge, 2019).